One Piece: King of the World from White Town

Chapter 59: Pulling the Tiger's Skin

The task of customizing the boxes went smoothly. I placed the order in the morning and received the goods in the afternoon.

After all, it was not a difficult thing. It was because Abel chose iron instead of wood as the material, otherwise it would have been even faster.

Then he went to the stall that he had visited yesterday with great interest.

Unfortunately, the rich and generous young lady was no longer there, and instead a bald man was selling dumplings there.

I went up to him and asked him about it, but he was also confused and didn't know anything.

The organizers informed him early this morning that he could enter, so he was naturally very happy and came without asking any reason.

Abel felt somewhat regretful when he heard this answer.

It seems that the young lady was frightened by his enthusiasm yesterday.

What's even more regrettable is that they didn't know each other's names and didn't even know where the other lived, so naturally they had no way to find each other.

This also made his idea of ​​settling accounts with the other party fail.

Looking at the black suitcase in his hand, Abel sighed, "We can only meet again in the future if we are lucky enough."

Then, adhering to the principle of not wasting so much money, Abel began to purchase large quantities of high-calorie, high-nutrition foods.

With the talent of [Quick Digestion], choosing this kind of food is the most cost-effective. After all, those aged medicinal herbs are not cheap.

"What on earth are you doing? Are you buying so much food to hibernate?"

Senior was very confused as he watched Abel directing people to move food into the temporary rented room one batch at a time.

"Oh, I have a feeling I'll be very hungry tonight, so I'll make some preparations in advance."

"..."

Senior was speechless. I never expected that I would be so hungry at mealtime every day!

But there is no need to purchase so much, right?

Then he tried to recall that when he was in the family, Abel had to finish a table of food by himself every time he ate, and the others would eat from another table...

Okay, it's okay.

"Sometimes I really wonder if you have some giant bloodline. Otherwise, how could you eat so much? It's really strange."

Senior smoked a cigarette and expressed his depression.

"So you've seen a giant as short as me?"

"That's the problem. Is it possible that you were born from a giant and a dwarf, or that you have some giant blood and accidentally developed dwarfism..."

"Stop! Stop it! There is nothing between me and giants, and my parents are pure humans. Pike, sometimes I really start to admire your imagination. I just want to ask you, how do giants and dwarves have sex?! And, giants have dwarfism? Huh? What kind of hell-level joke is this? You are really amazing!"

Abel is totally crazy!

Without thinking, he raised his middle finger at the other person.

Senior didn't care about these things. He thought about it seriously, kept changing his position with his hands, and finally sighed and had no choice but to give up.

"You're right. Whether it's a small horse pulling a big cart or a big horse pulling a small cart, it's too much of a stretch."

"But there is actually another possibility!"

As if he suddenly thought of something, Senior said, "Devil Fruit! As long as one of them eats a certain devil fruit and changes their body shape, it will be possible!"

Abel was so angry that he laughed. He weakly gave Senior a thumbs up. In one word: admiration!

This imagination is beyond the sky.

Wow, racial restrictions are broken by devil fruits, right?

The most annoying thing is that there is no way to refute it...

Just thinking about that scene made Abel surrender, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach.

"You won, now we can talk business."

Seeing that Abel was convinced, Senior stopped talking nonsense and became serious. "The five judges of the food festival on the last day are all famous veteran chefs in Beihai or super gourmets who have eaten all over Beihai. They can't be replaced by a small bribe, so your idea will probably fail this time."

In fact, there is another way, which is to bring up the name of the Don Quixote family and then use force to coerce.

This trick is 100% effective because these "ordinary people" are just famous in the food industry, and once they get serious, they're done.

Simple and fast!

If it was anyone else in the family, they might have done the same thing by now. Anyway, the Don Quixote family is a group of pirates and gangsters. They will never reason with you. Of course, they will use their fists.

But as a real man, Senior was instinctively unwilling to do so, so he didn't even mention it.

Abel naturally knew the other person's character, so he had to choose another method.

Then he came up with another strange idea and told Senior about it.

After hearing this, Senior was so stunned that he didn't even notice that his cigarette had fallen to the ground.

"are you serious?"

"Sure, why not?"

"It's all right, but... aren't you afraid?"

"afraid of what?"

"Mr. Dove knows that you are doing this kind of thing under the banner of the family..."

"Oh, don't worry, Captain Dovran...Captain Dover won't care about such a small matter."

"But……"

"No buts, aren't we members of the family anymore?"

"Yes……"

"That's all right. If Captain Dover really asks about this matter after we return, I will take full responsibility for it."

"What do you have to take on? Your life?"

Senior said unhappily, and then said helplessly: "I really don't understand why you have to do this. I will take the initiative to explain this to Master Dover after I go back."

"That's a great help, Pico."

"Call me Mr. Peake, you rude boy."

"Okay, Pik. No problem, Pik."

"Go away, and don't let me see you again today."

"Got it, this is for you. This is really the last stock, so be frugal."

Before leaving, Abel threw half a box of [N95 filter cigarettes] to the other party.

Senior took it, squeezed it, then waved his hand with satisfaction, asking him to leave his sight quickly.

"This kid still has some conscience."

Senior thought so, and then lit one for himself happily.

Then he saw the rascal, who had just turned around and taken less than two steps out, took out a brand new, unopened box of [N95 filter cigarettes] from his pocket, exactly the same as the one in his hand.

Then he happily took out one and put it in his mouth.

"Okay, I take that back. This guy is a complete jerk!"

Senior was so angry that he almost broke down, thinking, just wait for me, this is not over yet!

Chapter 60 Special Judges

At night, Abel, who was fully prepared, did not hesitate and directly took out the [Improved Version of Ando α Reagent] and drank it all.

"Hmm? It's a bit sour, like unfermented red wine."

Abel smacked his lips and made this comment, and then his skin began to feel hot.

In just ten seconds, body temperature soared from normal to 45 degrees.

If this happened to an ordinary person, he would probably be burned to death.

But Abel was still as usual, he just felt a little hot, so he took off all his clothes decisively.

As his body temperature soared to 45 degrees, the heat retained in his body was also rapidly lost.

After a while, the gourmet cells in his body actually sent hunger signals to his brain!

A sudden realization flashed through Abel's mind.

We must maintain this state. Once it is interrupted and the body temperature returns to normal, the strengthening will be over!

So he immediately put the food prepared at hand into his mouth, chewing and swallowing in big mouthfuls.

In fact, the normal way to take [Improved Version of Ando α Reagent] is to place a person in a high-concentration nutrient solution, which can not only maintain body temperature but also replenish what is consumed at any time.

The most important thing is that it can monitor the health of the human body and terminate the strengthening process at any time.

This is also a major advantage of the improved version.

But Abel didn't need to go to all that trouble!

Because once any food is swallowed, it will be digested quickly and then converted into various energies needed by the human body, or even stored for future use.

This also resulted in the side effects of [Improved Version of Ando α Reagent] having no effect on him at all after taking it.

Just think of it as eating a few more meals.

An hour later, Abel could feel the effects of the medicine in his body fading rapidly because his body temperature was quickly returning to normal.

He knew that the strengthening was over.

So he simply stopped eating, clenched his fists tightly, and felt the changes in his body.

Then he was a little surprised!

You have to know that his body has undergone a gourmet cell evolution, which allows him to have the peak physique of an ordinary adult at this age. Of course, this is the kind that has not received systematic training.

Now, after taking just one pill, his physical fitness has been greatly improved.

Albert deliberately carried the turtle shell on his back, adjusted the weight, and felt it.

In terms of strength alone, it has been improved by about 1.5 times!

It is estimated that the improvement in other aspects is not much different.

Moreover, his intuition told him that the potential of this potion had not yet been exhausted. In the coming period of time, during the training process, there might be more surprises waiting for him.

That night, Abel did not sleep, but kept training to adapt to and control his rapidly strengthened body.

And what he didn't know was that Senior had actually been smoking outside his door for half the night.

Only after he heard some noise inside and confirmed that the bastard in the house was indeed not in any danger did he leave, yawning, and go back to sleep.

……

The next day was the last day of the food festival, when the final winner would be decided.

According to the practice in previous years, the people who can stand out and participate in the competition at this time must be the cooks of the most popular dishes selected by the public.

The judges must be highly respected and respected practitioners in the relevant fields, and their names will convince everyone.

This year seems to be the same.

The finalists are the chefs of the ten most popular foods at the food festival, and there is absolutely no shady dealings at all.

After all, if one's skills are not good enough but one still uses tricks to force his way into the finals, it would not only be embarrassing, but it might also completely ruin one's reputation as a chef.

Unless someone can bribe all the judges.

But if anyone has this ability, why bother to attend this food festival?

Just for that little bonus and magazine cover?

What are you picturing?

So everything seemed to be going smoothly. The host in charge of controlling the event first introduced each of the shortlisted chefs, and then solemnly introduced the five respected judges amid warm applause.